rascheln
German, verb
rascheln is spelled R-A-S-C-H-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 47,290th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rascheln is a German verb meaning “to rustle (make a rustling sound)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Rascheln is a different word: “rustle (A soft crackling sound similar to the movement of leaves.)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “das eher leise Geräusch von sich geben, das entsteht, wenn sich trockene Teile, zum Beispiel Blätter…”.
What does rascheln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rustle (make a rustling sound)
Das Papier raschelt.
- 2
to rustle something (handle it such that it rustles)
Er raschelt mit dem Papier.
noun
- 1
neuterrustle (A soft crackling sound similar to the movement of leaves.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. das eher leise Geräusch von sich geben, das entsteht, wenn sich trockene Teile, zum Beispiel Blätter aneinander reiben
noun: 1. raschelndes Geräusch
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of rascheln
- Raschelns genitive
- raschelt present singular third-person
- raschelte past
- geraschelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- raschelnd participle present
- raschle first-person indicative present
- raschele first-person indicative present
- raschel first-person indicative present
- raschelst indicative present second-person
- raschelest second-person singular subjunctive
- raschlest second-person singular subjunctive
- raschelet plural second-person subjunctive
- raschlet plural second-person subjunctive
- raschelten first-person indicative plural
- rascheltest indicative preterite second-person
- rascheltet indicative plural preterite
- raschel! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rascheln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rascheln in German?
rascheln appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).